I blog about my jewelry inspirations. Readers will find that various elements of nature are my inspirations. Of course, I include jewelry making tips. This blog also includes some of my favorite Etsy shops, bead shops and jewelry customers.

DIY Wedding Series-The Bridal Shower

Bridal Shower Invitation

I made the bridal shower invitations using a retired Stampin' Up set.
I wanted to use an umbrella with hearts to indicate it was a bridal
shower. The final product is pictured in the top, left hand corner. To
its right, you can see that I applied tiny hearts in red ink and when
the hearts are applied for a second time they look pink. I reinked an
continued down the paper with the hearts. Below that picture you see
that I used a Stampin' Up
punch to create a lacy border. I cut a piece of red paper to attach
behind the lace so that that the lace stands out. I colored my umbrella
with red ink and the handle with black ink on a small piece of
paper. Then I put Stickles on top of the red ink, it created a pink
glitter effect. I would recommend letting the Stickles dry overnight.
The next day I took the small sheet of paper with the umbrella and
placed padded dots under it to raise it up off of the card to give it a 3
dimensional look. My very last step was to stamp the invitation in
black ink on the inside.

While I was in my card making mode, I decided to make a
handmade card to go with the shower gift. It is a special card with
hearts and love birds for this special
ocassion. The front of the card is
embossed with tiny hearts at the bottom of the gray card stock and there
is a border of cut out hearts on the
cream colored paper. It includes a message that reads "Happily Ever
After" in a soft, neutral gray ink on cream colored paper. Hearts
border the saying. A large cream colored heart is formed with leaves
that are meticulously punched out and attached to the paper. Inside of
the
heart are two love birds.